[bksvol-discuss] Re: o/t: Web Visum improves website access for blind
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:21:21 -0700
Well "sleeping" is the polite & edited version. A less polite but
nonetheless still very much edited version is that the A T industry
was caught w/its pants down & the goods exposed. I think it
interesting that they unabashedly take our hundreds & thousands of
dollars & would not do this for us, while a couple sighted guys w/no
initial knowledge of A T who just wanted to know why they were getting
complaints about accessibility of their websites not only could, but
would, & that for free! The A T industry should be ablush with shame!
& I think we have now confirmed what we've known for years--e.g.,
they're robbin us blind! & the last thing I'm gonna say on this is
that we as blind folks perhaps need to consider putting our money on
things like NVDA or other open source screenreaders so that they can
be developed into a viable access solution that's responsive &
adaptable to our needs.
I'm done. Comment privately should u wish.
On 7/13/08, Chris Hofstader <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Actually, MySpace is the only page I've heard that it doesn't work with.
> I'm sure there are others that break it but, overall, it works with lots
> more than it does not. Sadly, if it doesn't work with the ones you want, it
> becomes pretty useless pretty quickly.
>
> cdh
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jana Jackson
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: o/t: Web Visum improves website access for
> blind
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> Hi, Chris! Do you know if this works with MySpace? Since they started
> using captchas as one of their spam tools, I can't keep in touch with some
> folks as easily as I once could. Thanks!!
>
> Jana
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Hofstader" <cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 2:35 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: o/t: Web Visum improves website access for
> blind
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>
>> This new Firefox plug-in is, in my expert opinion, possibly the coolest
>> bit
>> of AT software released in a long time. Check it out, you won't be
>> displeased.
>>
>>
>> Chris Hofstader
>> CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends
>> email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com
>> Skype: BlindChristian
>> phone: 727-896-6393
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jackie McBride
>> Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2008 12:41 PM
>> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] o/t: Web Visum improves website access for blind
>>
>> Ever been annoyed by captias u can't see much less solve? Or by
>> labeled images that may as well have been written in Martian?
>>
>> Enter Web Visum! This is the best excuse you'll ever find for making
>> Firefox your default browser. WebVisum (visum is vision in Latin) is a
>> firefox 3 plugin that does all sorts of things:
>> 1) It lets u label links & share those labels w/other users--u, in
>> turn, get theirs;
>> 2) it can solve most captias w/a keystroke & puts the result on the
>> clipboard for pasting into the appropriate field, thus making it
>> suitable for both blind & deaf-blind;
>> 3) It can OCR some image links, thereby turning them into a
>> recognizeable label instead of whatever;
>> 4) It's free, & its development is ongoing.
>>
>> This has been developed by a couple of sighted folks who, out of their
>> generosity, wanna help. I think they will start in the future
>> developing a premium version, but the basic features I've outlined,
>> they say, will remain free.
>>
>> Check it out at:
>> www.webvisum.com
>>
>> BTW, I have no affiliation w/them, nothing to gain by advertising
>> this, accept possibly to help some1.
>>
>> Blessings.
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